Clinton: the only man I fear is Roy

FIRST meetings with Roy Keane are not easily forgotten. Clinton Morrison was a cocky 22-year-old when he first strode into the Ireland training camp in 2001, to be greeted in the entrance hall by a stony-faced Keane.

The Crystal Palace forward’s south London swagger evaporated in a nanosecond, replaced by an emotion he had never felt before.

“I was scared,” he recalled. “He’s definitely the best player I have ever played with but he’s also the only person in football who has made me feel afraid.